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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...doubt," wrote 29-year-old Clerk William Borst, onetime clochard, to Le Monde, "that M. Vexliard's work is a masterpiece of erudition . . . but has he roamed the streets on a winter night looking for a corner to sleep in? Has he had a fist fight over a rotten Camembert? Has he had his shirt full of lice? I am only a former clochard but I affirm that 99.5% of clochards drink. The only thing for which a clochard ever stirs is red wine. Real clochards are not redeemable. They are Bohemians and will fall to pieces the minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Les Clochards | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

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